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Definition of Chinstrap
1. Noun. A strip of leather or material used to fasten a hat or helmet under the chin ¹
2. Noun. A form of beard grown under the chin ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chinstrap
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chinstrap
Literary usage of Chinstrap
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nature's Strongholds: The World's Great Wildlife Reserves by Laura Riley, William Riley (2005)
"... ANTARCTICA OPPOSITE: chinstrap penguins, named for distinctive black chin
lines, are the world's most numerous penguins, with more than seven million on ..."
2. List of Officers of the Royal Regiment of Artillery from the Year 1716 to by John Kane, William Harrison Askwith (1900)
"An oil skin covered chako of the same shape as the dress chako, with leather
chinstrap, without the plates, grenade or socket for the feather is to be worn ..."
3. Turning Up the Heat: How Global Warming Threatens Life in the Sea by Amy Mathews-Amos, Ewann Agenbroad Berntson (1999)
"Given the changes in winter sea ice availability over the past several years,
chinstrap penguin populations have had the opportunity to increase in numbers. ..."
4. Reading, Grade 4 by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Martha Cheney, Daniel W. Palmer (2005)
"They build nests out of stones and lay two eggs at a time. chinstrap penguins
have a band of black feathers beneath their chin that looks like the chinstrap ..."
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